Daemon Parameters

The general parameters are familiar from the other descriptions of the configuration files, plus the min_wait command from Section 4.2:

# Configuration file for Astronomical Scheduler Daemon ========================

#  ROTSE-III Version

#      The format is ``key   value''.  Comments start with `#' and go to end of 

# line.  Blank lines are okay, and lines cannot be continued.

#

loglevel             2                           # 0,1,2 = terse,verbose,debug

logfile              /rotse/run/log/astrod.log

poll_time            0.05                        # main loop time quantum

sample_time          3.0                         # sample time in seconds

err_tout             150.0                       # max time in ALARM state

# -minimum wait period for 'rotsed' to acquire command

min_wait             2.0                         # (in seconds)

obsfile              /rotse/run/etc/observatory.conf